Does anyone else intentionally have no ISP-provided Wi-Fi at home and instead ration mobile data for Internet access? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/frugal@lemmy.world

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I've had no ISP-provided Internet access since Feb. 2023 or so and, while it's been a pain at times, I still haven't caved into returning to the evil monopoly that is Spectrum, so far, and probably won't for as long as I can't land a remote job. ~~ArrowDL, while not perfect, has been pretty good at download management for the most part in conjunction with mobile data-hotspotting.~~ Update: I'm now using AB Download Manager to mitigate download cancellations at the throttled speed.

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[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I switched to a home-oriented 5G system from T-Mobile. The price was decent for my area ($50/month), and most importantly, Spectrum got nothing from me.

Before that, my wife and I would use our phone hotspots for internet (Visible has plans that have unlimited throttled hotspot). The speed was capped at 5Mbit/s, but it was enough for us (and was only $25/month/phone at the time).

I've since moved back to Canada and am using a reseller (Oxio), which has been great so far.

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Dang, 5MB throttled is insanely high! Hmm...

[-] Individual_Orchid@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Dang, got my hopes up I could move from my provider for a good price, but alas it's not available in my area yet.

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